Watchcase-pendant



No. 609,462. Patented Aug. 23, |898. W. R. RAMEY.

WATCHGASE PENDANT.

(Application filed Nov. 1B, 1897.)

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YILLIAM R. RAMEY, OF VAVERLY, KANSAS.

WATCHCASE-PEN DANT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,462, dated August 23, 1898.

Application filed November 18, 1897. Serial No. 659,031. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. RAMEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Taverly, in the county of Coifey and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Pendant-Bow Lock, of which the following is a specification.

lVatches when carried in the pocket cause annoyance to the wearer by the swivel or snap of the chain or guard engaged with the bow getting caught beneath the pendantcrown due to the bow folding against a side of the watch.

Another objection is found in the great wear upon the sides of the watch where the bow strikes and upon the journals or pivot ends of the bow and their bearings in the pendant by the frequent turning and swinging of the bow when free.

This invention aims to render the watchcase dust and moisture proof and prevent the bow wearing in its bearings on pendant and turning down on sides of the case and provides a simple and eifective means for securing the bow in a given position and preventing the swivel or snap of the guard or chain getting beneath the pendant-crown and yet admit of the bow being released and turned aside when desired for any required purpose.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the Ininor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of a pendant and bow, showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1,partly in section and showing the bow released. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the attachment.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The pendant l, bow 2, and crown 3 are of ordinary construction, such as applied to watches of the openefaced type.

The attachment consists of a bar et and a fiat spring 5, secured at one end thereto, the bar having its end portions bent, as shown at 6, and grooved to receive the inner sideV of the bow 2. By having the bent ends C grooved in theirouter sides an extended bearing is had for the bow, thereby enabling a rln joint being provided, which will withstand the strain to which the cross-bar will be subjected when in service. The crossbar is soldered or brazed at its ends to the bow at about diametrically opposite points and strengthens the bow and prevents its pivotal ends from spreading after being sprung into engagement with the bearings formed at the sides of the pendant. The cross-bar is located about centrally of the bow and touches the top side of the crown when the bow is in the plane 0f the watch to which the lock is applied, and hasanotch 7 midway of its ends to admit of a linger-nail reaching the under side of the spring 5 when it is required to press the latter outward to release the bow, as will appear more fully hereinafter.

The spring 5 is placed upon the top side of the cross-bar 4 and is secured at one end thereto and is provided at an intermediate point with a stud S, projecting through an opening in the bar t and beyond the inner side of the said bar a short distance, so as to enter a depression 9 in the top side of the crown 3 and centrally thereof, whereby the bow is locked in the required position. The free end of the spring 5 is supplied with a headed stud or pin l0, which operates in an opening in the bar et, the head of the part lO engaging with the under side of the bar i and limiting the outward movement of the spring at its free end, whereby the said springis prevented from being moved outward too far at its free end and destroying its elasticity or rupturing the same at or near its connection with the bar 4f.

Vhen the bow is locked, the crown 3 is prevented from outward displacement and is held close against the stem, thereby excluding dust, and the swivel or snap of the watch chain .or guard being confined in the space formed between the outer half of the bow and the bar i cannot get beneath and engage IOO with the crown 3, and, moreover, the bow is held against swinging or turning, thereby saving wear upon the pivotal ends of the bow and their bearings and preventing a marring of the sides of the case by the outer end of the bow striking the same. Vhen it is required to release the bow for any purpose, the linger-nail is inserted into the notch 7 beneath the spring 5 and the latter pressed outward to withdraw the stud 8 from engagement with the crown, when the bow can be turned to one side or the other.

When the invention is applied to a leverset Watch, the latter can be set and wound without releasing the bow and turning it aside; but when applied to a pendantset watch the bow must be released and` turned aside to allow the winding-stem to be drawn outto set the watch. The lock secures the bow and holds the crown close to the pendant, soas to exclude dust and moisture.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. The combination with a pendant and its bow, oi a cross-bar secured at its ends to the sides of the bow, and a iiat spring applied to the top side of the cross-bar and having astud passing loosely through an opening formed therein and adapted to interlock with the pendant-crown, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a pendant and its bow, of a cross-bar secured at its ends to the sides of the bow at diametrically opposite points, a fiat spring applied to the top side of the cross-bar and having a stud passing loosely7 through an opening therein to interlock with the pendant-crown, and a headed pin or stud provided at the free end of the spring and passing loosely through an opening in the aforesaid cross-bar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a pendant and its bow, of a cross-bar having its ends bent and grooved to receive the side portions of the bow to which they are secured, said bar having a notch midway of its ends, a flat spring applied to the top side of the cross-bar and provided with a stud passing loosely through an opening in the bar to enter a depression in the pendant-crown, and a headed pin or stud applied to the free end of the spring, substantially in the manner and for the purpose speciiied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 55 the presence of two witnesses.

' XVILLIAM R. RAMEY.

lVit-nesses:

J. L. SENIOR, FRED DoNNELL. 

